A 65-year-old retired government employee, Mr Radhakrishna of Tarnaka, lodged a case with the Mahankali police on Wednesday night against Gold Quest and an agent claiming that they together cheated him of Rs 27,000 in 2006.
According to the police, in 2006, a friend of Radhakrishna introduced him to a Gold Quest agent, C.Srinivas.
The agent allegedly assured the complainant that by paying Rs 27,600 Mr Radhakrishna can join the scheme and if he gets another member to join as well, he would earn Rs 11,500 per month. Three months after Mr Radhakrishna paid the membership money of Rs 27,000, he was given a gold and a silver coin worth Rs 6,000 by the company, the police said. As Radhakrishna did not introduce anyone else he did not get any further incentives.
Though the Gold Quest office at Surya Towers in Mahankali was locked since the Gold Quest scam came to light, on Wednesday Mr Radhakrishna decided to lodge a complaint.
Based on the complaint lodged by Mr Radhakrishna, police registered a cheating case under section 420 of IPC and cases under sections 4 and 5 of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act 1978 against Gold Quest and agent Srinivas.